"We realized that [distributed teams] could quickly become saddled with a purely transactional culture... We needed to make a conscious effort to make interactions a lot more engaging, so that new friendships and powerful working relationships could be forged like in highly successful office settings.β
"I had no one to vouch for me. [If I had worked in an office], I would have had more opportunities to network...within the company and my accomplishments would have been more visible...Instead, I was quietly led out the back door and disappeared. In a remote company itβs a lot easier to be fired.β
"You canβt get away with lazy leadership. You must proactively reach out to people regularly to create a sense of teamwork and community.β